American society has historically defined Black womxnhood differently for Blacks than whites. Unlike their white counterparts, Black womxn are the victims of negative stereotyping, including the myth of the angry Black woman, which vilified and propagandizes them as aggressive, overly emotional, short-sighted, hostile, and far too vocal for the white majority’s favor. Referencing current literature on the stereotype, four facilitators and current UMSL doctoral candidates, who recently conducted a pilot study on the experiences of “angry Black womxn” will utilize a roundtable format to explore the lived realities of Black mothers and students Interrogating the “angry Black womxn” stereotype in Pre-K-12 and higher education, specifically addressing the following questions:

1. How have historical experiences of Black girls and womxn shaped current educational realities?

2. How would you define the term “Angry Black Women” How do you think other people define this term?

3. What behaviors do Black womxn, yourselves included, engage in within educational settings when they believe they have been “labelled” and/or are being “treated” like “the angry Black womxn?”

4. In what ways are educators engaging in practices that either exacerbate the stereotype or liberate from the stereotype?

5. How does this exacerbation or liberation affect how students engage within their educational context What visions for the future are central to liberation from this stereotype?​6. In your opinion, is there a difference between “the angry black women” and a black women who gets angry?